Ok, the snow in York is no-way as bad as it is in other parts of the UK. No big snow drifts, no power lines down, no real snow; just lots and lots of coldness. Despite the lack of real snow, I had to share this with you…
And what was it like a year ago…
Do you see my point?
The poor shivering Daffodils…
So, if anyone those in the know are reading this, please; a
little bit of greenness and a little bit of sunshine. If it is not too much trouble?
Before you continue reading, you should know that I have a confession to make. Ready? March’s crochet flower of the month is (a teeny tiny) bit of a cheat. I loved last March's flower, sooooooo much that I decided to reuse it. I hope you don’t mind? Looking back over last year’s post, I realised that I hadn’t shared the crochet pattern with you. Really it is a win-win: I reuse one of my favourite flowers from last year and you get to crochet it ready for Easter. Let’s face it, if it is as cold with you as it is here in York, we need the colourfulness, cheerfulness of the Daffodil. York certainly doesn’t look as good as it did this time last year, the grass banks of the City Walls are not yet full of these…
Maybe it is
waiting for you to visit over Easter! On
with the pattern: I crocheted using
Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino and a 4mm hook, but any Daffodil coloured yarn
would work just as well.
First crochet the petals...
Round 1: 9ch. Sl ss into 1st ch to join the ring...
Round 2: dc into ring, 2ch, dc into ring. Repeat this until you have 6 ch sps. Sl ss into ch to join the ring…
Round 3:
working into the first ch sp; dc, htr, tr, dtr, dtr, ch3, sl ss into 1st
ch (crocheting
a picot), dtr, tr, htr, dc…
Repeat the
above (still on round 3) into each ch sp, until you have six petals. Fasten off…
Now crochet
the trumpet...
Round 1: make a magic circle, 1ch to secure. 13dc into the magic circle. Sl ss into ch to make circle…
Round 2: 3ch.
Tr into each dc. Sl ss into 3rd ch to join circle…
Round 3: 3ch.
Sl ss into 1st ch (picot) sl ss into next tr...
Repeat the above (still on round 3 picot) into each tr. Sl ss to join…
Sew the
trumpet and petals together, then voila…
Last year I
made my Daffodils into a Spring-time wreath: this year I am reusing them into
something else. I share with you the new
project in a few posts time, for now it is just not-quite-right!
NB - when crochet the picot for the trumpet, please, don't worry about how many you end up with, just one in each treble is fine. Go with how your trumpet is looking rather than fretting about counting stitches. That's why crochet is so fantastic!
Sorry that there hasn’t been a post this week: Si and I have been away. We’ve had a wonderful week in Winchester. Winchester is the most loveliest of cities: and could even give York a running for my top city award. Everything about our holiday was fab-u-lous : the hotel, the food, even the weather. The weather was perfect mooching weather: cold, crisp and clear. This meant lots of wondering around looking at the beautiful city; punctuated with visits to coffee-shops for winter warm-ups! I took lots and lots and lots of picis, so I thought I’d share with you just a few of the highlights…
Wonderful Winchester by night…
Healthy holiday breakfasts, thanks to the amazing Café Monde…
Like everywhere, Winchester had soooo much rain that the Cathedral Crypt was flooded, making the sculpture by Antony Gormley looked even
more impressive…
Beautiful stained glass by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones…
A quick visit to the amazing artist studios and craft shop,
at the Colour Factory…
A day trip to Salisbury Cathedral…
Everything about Winchester was perfect, even their street bollards…
If you are ever near Winchester I would recommend that you visit,
after you have visited York, of course!
Over the past few weeks I have been busy making bouquets of fabric flowers. Most have ended up with brooch backs on them. Then inspiration hit: inspired by samplers of the past, where women would show off their stitching skills. Why not make a sampler, with a contemporary twist: and show off some of my fabric flowers. I am quite pleased with how it turned out: are you ready for a bit of a ta-dah moment? Well here we go…
I really like the simplicity of my sampler: and the naivety of it. Here’s some of the detail…
The butterfly was made in the same way as the flowers: with
the petals becoming wings, beads making the body and wire making the spiky bits
(sorry I don’t know what that part of a butterfly is called – the part which
has the feelers? ears? eyes?) coming out of its head.
I am so pleased with my sampler: that it is hung on the back of my door…
Ps – I’ve decided March is here like a lion. Roll on Spring…
March: in like a lion out like a lamb, or so they say. I can’t decide which March has come in like. Like a lamb? The last few days have been lovely and sunny: it has really started to feel like Spring. Today I saw my first Daffodil, on my way to work, and it made me smile all day. But it’s sooooooo cold (does that mean it’s in like a lion?) especially at night-time. Noting is better, than walking home, along the river in the dusky Spring evenings. Nothing is better than getting home and lighting a fire to take the chill off the still cold evenings. Nothing is better than slipping your toes into a pair of newly crocheted slippers and warming your toes in font of that fire…
Hope you love them as much as I do? They were really easy to crochet; each one
was finished in just over an hour: taking just under a ball of chunky yarn. After a happy afternoon of crocheting: you
have yourself a cosy pair of slippers.
What could be better?
Enjoy your evening…
xxx
I love to create beautiful things out of yarn. I love textile crafts, especailly crochet.
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